27-year-old aspiring dancer Frances (Gerwig) is career-less,
romance-less, and directionless – but somehow manages to maintain a
sunny optimism in Baumbach’s endearingly loose-limbed new comedy.
Shot in silver-toned black and white, it’s a Woody Allen-esque ode
to New York City, a Georges Delerue-sampling homage to the French
New Wave, and, above all, a showcase for what is “unquestionably
Gerwig’s defining performance to date” (The Hollywood
Reporter).